February 12, 2013 RONDA'S CORNER IF YOU REQUESTED A BOOK AND HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING PLEASE E-MAIL RONDA. SHE IS FEELING BETTER BUT IS ELBOW DEEP IN COMMON CORE MODULES! MARYY ANN'S MEANDERINGS
Genesee Country Museum Schedule
The museum officially opens on May 11, but 2013 activities begin this month. Here's the 2013 season schedule:
Feb. 22-23--Owl Moon Feb. 23--Heirloom Gardening Seminar Mar. 16-17, 23-24--Maple Sugar Festival Apr. 20--15th Annual Antique Show & Sale May 11--Opening Day May 12--Mother's Day May 18--New York's Military Heritage Day May 19--Red Day
June 8-9--Dairy Weekend June 22-23--War of 1812 Bicentennial & Jane Austen Weekend June 29--NEW! Celtic Faire July 4--Independence Day July 20-21--Civil War Re-enactment July 27--Concert on the Meadow Aug. 3-4--Laura Ingalls Wilder Days Aug. 9-11--National Silver Base Ball Tournament Aug. 17-18--Old-Time Fiddlers' Fair Aug. 24--NEW! Victorian Day Aug. 25--NEW! Equality Day
Sept. 7--LobsterFest - Whirl Fundraiser Sept. 7-8--Wrapped in Silk Sept. 21-22--NEW! Fire! Fire! Fire! Oct. 5-6--The Fall Festival featuring the Agricultural Fair Oct. 18-19, 25-26--Spirits of the Past Theatrical Tours Oct. 26-27--Trick-or-Treating in the Village Nov. 30--Preparing for the Holidays/Crafts at Christmas/Breakfast with St Nicholas Dec. 6-8, 13-15, 20-22--Yuletide Tour
Digital Resources from PBS Celebrate Black History Month in your classroom by highlighting the African American artists, educators, icons, and influential leaders that have impacted our nation's history and culture. Use PBS LearningMedia to enhance your lessons with interviews, historic images and videos - and remember to register online for full access to the library. Duke Grades 1-4 | Animated Storybook | Icons in MusicIntroduce your young students to the toe-tapping genres of ragtime and jazz through the story of iconic musician, Duke Ellington. Rosa Parks Grades 3-12 | Interview | Civil Rights IconsEnhance classroom discussion around the Civil Rights Movement with this interview of Rosa Parks and ask your students to examine her role in the struggle for racial equality. Picturing America - Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear Grades 6-12 | Video | Icons in ArtInvite your students to uncover the driving themes behind the paintings in Jacob Lawrence's “Migration Series” and the elements influencing Martin Puryear's sculpture work. Remembering Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height Grades 6-13+ | Video | Civil Rights IconsMeet the woman that President Obama hailed as the "Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement." Ask your students to consider her impact on the rights of African Americans and women. Deconstructing the Documentary Grades 9-12 | CollectionInvite your class to experience Bordentown, the remarkable all-black boarding school described as a "unique educational utopia."
Lucy Laney Grades 9-12 | Video | Icons in EducationLaney, an influential Jim Crow-era educator, believed it was essential to cultivate the minds of her students in order to develop intellectual leaders for the future. Invite your students to consider her philosophy of education.
Path through History: Peter Feinman founder and president of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education ,a non-profit organization which provides enrichment programs for schools, professional development program for teachers, public programs including leading Historyhostels and Teacherhostels to the historic sites in the state, promotes county history conferences, the development of Paths through History, and a Common Core Curriculum that includes local and state history.
RONDA'S CORNER
MARYY ANN'S MEANDERINGS
Genesee Country Museum Schedule
The museum officially opens on May 11, but 2013 activities begin this month. Here's the 2013 season schedule:
Feb. 22-23--Owl Moon
Feb. 23--Heirloom Gardening Seminar
Mar. 16-17, 23-24--Maple Sugar Festival
Apr. 20--15th Annual Antique Show & Sale
May 11--Opening Day
May 12--Mother's Day
May 18--New York's Military Heritage Day
May 19--Red Day
June 8-9--Dairy Weekend
June 22-23--War of 1812
Bicentennial & Jane Austen Weekend
June 29--NEW! Celtic Faire
July 4--Independence Day
July 20-21--Civil War Re-enactment
July 27--Concert on the Meadow
Aug. 3-4--Laura Ingalls Wilder Days
Aug. 9-11--National Silver Base Ball Tournament
Aug. 17-18--Old-Time Fiddlers' Fair
Aug. 24--NEW! Victorian Day
Aug. 25--NEW! Equality Day
Sept. 7--LobsterFest -
Whirl Fundraiser Sept. 7-8--Wrapped in Silk
Sept. 21-22--NEW! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Oct. 5-6--The Fall Festival featuring the Agricultural Fair
Oct. 18-19, 25-26--Spirits of the Past Theatrical Tours
Oct. 26-27--Trick-or-Treating in the Village
Nov. 30--Preparing for the Holidays/Crafts at Christmas/Breakfast with St Nicholas
Dec. 6-8, 13-15, 20-22--Yuletide Tour
Digital Resources from PBS
Celebrate Black History Month in your classroom by highlighting the African American artists, educators, icons, and influential leaders that have impacted our nation's history and culture. Use PBS LearningMedia to enhance your lessons with interviews, historic images and videos - and remember to
register online
for full access to the library.
Duke
Grades 1-4 | Animated Storybook | Icons in MusicIntroduce your young students to the toe-tapping genres of ragtime and jazz through the story of iconic musician, Duke Ellington.
Rosa Parks
Grades 3-12 | Interview | Civil Rights IconsEnhance classroom discussion around the Civil Rights Movement with this interview of Rosa Parks and ask your students to examine her role in the struggle for racial equality.
Picturing America - Jacob Lawrence and Martin Puryear
Grades 6-12 | Video | Icons in ArtInvite your students to uncover the driving themes behind the paintings in Jacob Lawrence's “Migration Series” and the elements influencing Martin Puryear's sculpture work.
Remembering Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Height
Grades 6-13+ | Video | Civil Rights IconsMeet the woman that President Obama hailed as the "Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement." Ask your students to consider her impact on the rights of African Americans and women.
Deconstructing the Documentary
Grades 9-12 | CollectionInvite your class to experience Bordentown, the remarkable all-black boarding school described as a "unique educational utopia."
Lucy Laney
Grades 9-12 | Video | Icons in EducationLaney, an influential Jim Crow-era educator, believed it was essential to cultivate the minds of her students in order to develop intellectual leaders for the future. Invite your students to consider her philosophy of education.
Path through History: Peter Feinman founder and president of the
Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education
,a non-profit organization which provides enrichment programs for schools, professional development program for teachers, public programs including leading Historyhostels and Teacherhostels to the historic sites in the state, promotes county history conferences, the development of Paths through History, and a Common Core Curriculum that includes local and state history.
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